On the recordJune 5, 2018
The President of the United States today just on a parade of accolades as if our lives did not matter, as if lives anywhere else did not matter.
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Carmen Yulin Cruz
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transcripts.cnn.comCarmen Yulin Cruz: “The President of the United States today just on a parade of accolades as if our lives did not matter, as if lives…”
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Carmen Yulin Cruz expresses her discontent with President Trump's lack of acknowledgment of the death toll in Puerto Rico.
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